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Article: Neurons regenerate into spinal cord.
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- Science News
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- November 21, 1987
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Neurons Regenerate Into Spinal Cord
Neuroscientists this week reported that they have coaxed damaged sensory nerves to grow directly into the spinal cord, and that the regenerated nerves made functional connections inside the spine. The research, performed on rats, shows for the first time that nerve damage in and around the spinal cord can be reversed. Neurosurgeons say the techniques may someday be used to repair a variety of spinal injuries that only a few years ago were considered irreparable.
The accomplishment is the latest in a series of successes through which scientists have become increasingly adept at inducing limited nerve regeneration in ...